VOL. XLVI

No 36

08-September-2003

IRAQ

Give Iraqi Oil To The Iraqis

By Dr Leo Drollas

The following article was written for MEES by Leo Drollas, Deputy Director and Chief Economist of the London-based Centre for Global Energy Studies (CGES). The article represents the authors personal views and not necessarily those of CGES.

Although the Herculean task of reconstruction in Iraq has not yet begun and foreign oil companies have still to establish even a foothold in the country, the mantra Iraqs oil...